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Communist China and Islamic Republic of Iran draft trade and military partnership

Jul 14, 2020 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The New York Times says that this agreement “represents a major blow to the Trump administration’s aggressive policy toward Iran since abandoning the nuclear deal.”

However, they reveal the dishonesty of their own spin when they also say that the partnership was “first proposed by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during a visit to Iran in 2016.”

Who was President of the United States in 2016?

In any case, here is yet another example, in somewhat different form from what we have been seeing lately, of the Leftist/jihadist alliance.

“Defying U.S., China and Iran Near Trade and Military Partnership,” by Farnaz Fassihi and Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, July 11, 2020:

Iran and China have quietly drafted a sweeping economic and security partnership that would clear the way for billions of dollars of Chinese investments in energy and other sectors, undercutting the Trump administration’s efforts to isolate the Iranian government because of its nuclear and military ambitions.

The partnership, detailed in an 18-page proposed agreement obtained by The New York Times, would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, ports, railways and dozens of other projects. In exchange, China would receive a regular — and, according to an Iranian official and an oil trader, heavily discounted — supply of Iranian oil over the next 25 years.

The document also describes deepening military cooperation, potentially giving China a foothold in a region that has been a strategic preoccupation of the United States for decades. It calls for joint training and exercises, joint research and weapons development and intelligence sharing — all to fight “the lopsided battle with terrorism, drug and human trafficking and cross-border crimes.”

The partnership — first proposed by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during a visit to Iran in 2016 — was approved by President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet in June, Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said last week….

If put into effect as detailed, the partnership would create new and potentially dangerous flash points in the deteriorating relationship between China and the United States.

It represents a major blow to the Trump administration’s aggressive policy toward Iran since abandoning the nuclear deal reached in 2015 by President Barack Obama and the leaders of six other nations after two years of grueling negotiations.

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  1. mortimer says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    The Red-Green Axis of Evil … it’s official.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 12:06 pm

      Two-faces of Chinese Communists: 1) crush jihadist Uyghurs and exterminate them within China’s borders 2) promote jihadic terrorism outside of China’s borders against China’s opponents to soften them up.

      If China ever seized control of Iran, Shi’ism would disappear.

      • Fred says

        Jul 15, 2020 at 9:22 am

        They are persecuting Sunni Muslims who are from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 etc not Shi’ite Muslims who are from Iran 🇮🇷 & are aligned with Hamas – Hezbollah & Syria 🇸🇾

    • mortimer says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 12:09 pm

      NYT is the mouthpiece of the globalist billionaire Traitor Class.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 12:16 pm

      China obviously sees a business opportunity in Iran. After they take over the Iranian economy, and all Iranian industry, China will have a new slave-labor source. The government of Iran will become so in debt to China, they will never get out of it. China will document, detail and then sell all of Iran’s military secrets to Western countries and Israel. The mullahs are total fools. If they try ‘taqiyya’ on the Chinese communists they will get a rude awakening. The dragon has a poisonous, bitter bite.

      • Claudius says

        Jul 14, 2020 at 12:32 pm

        Yes, the Chinese Dragon knows exactly how to eat Muslims. This is wonderful – the US was too soft to rule the Muslim world. Best allow the Chinese and Russians to finish the job. If the stupid mullahs object, they will be sent for “re-education” to China.

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 14, 2020 at 9:33 pm

          Both Russia and China appease Islam–*especially* when it is aimed against other Infidels, especially the West.

      • curious george says

        Jul 15, 2020 at 9:12 pm

        gravenimage says
        Both Russia and China appease Islam–*especially* when it is aimed against other Infidels, especially the West.
        ………………………………..
        We will have to agree to disagree that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is appeasing the Muslim Community. The CCP is more accurately manipulating the situation to their advantage as the CCP’s goal is world domination.

        I agree with Mortimer, “China obviously sees a business opportunity in Iran.”

        Iran is one of the latest countries to sign on with the CCP’s “Belt and Road Initiative.” This works decisively in the CCP’s favor as Iran’s economy is in shambles. Historically, the CCP had taken over a country’s natural resources or valuable real estate holdings such as Sea Ports when that country defaulted on its debt to the CCP.

        Iran ranks 4th in the world in Oil Reserves. This works to the CCP’s advantage as China is the world’s largest importer of oil and natural gas. Iran defaults on its loans, and the CCP takes control of the oil fields. It’s a win, win situation for the CCP.

        China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative

        https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative

        In addition, the CCP persecution of the Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking, Muslim minority, is ongoing.

        https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-07-16/china-s-cultural-persecution-of-the-uighurs-demands-a-response

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 15, 2020 at 9:30 pm

          Hi, curious george.

          China regularly plays footsie with Jihadist regimes.

          You are right that they are violently trying to keep a lid on Jihadists on their home territory, though–and oddly the Muslim world does not much seem to care.

    • Sadie says

      Jul 15, 2020 at 2:52 pm

      You echoed my thoughts.

      Had Obama not won, especially for a second term, the world would not be at its current tipping point. Unfortunately, he did win and the crisis is deepening.

      It seems inevitable, that a period of profound darkness will engulf the world in coming years. The only best hope, is for people to vote Republican, at every level of government. The Republicans may not be perfect, but they are vitally necessary right now, as buffers against the complete evisceration of America, by the Democrats.

      Please vote and explain to friends, family, neighbors, why it is critical that they vote Republican. This is not the time to forego voting. It is not the time to focus on grievances with Republicans. This is a life or death election.

  2. Buraq says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 12:07 pm

    The photo is entitled: “How world leaders pass Covid to each other”

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 9:34 pm

      Yep.

  3. Antiislamicman says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 12:11 pm

    China makes deals with Iran, at the same time crushing Muslims in China. These commies will switch sides when it feels right to do so

    • mortimer says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 12:31 pm

      AIM: egg-zackly. Both sides will betray the other. What happened when the rattlesnake made a deal with the boa constrictor?

      • Claudius says

        Jul 14, 2020 at 12:58 pm

        https://www.nationalgeographic.com/search=&q=cobra%20kills%20python

        • Claudius says

          Jul 14, 2020 at 1:04 pm

          https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/king-cobra-reticulated-python-fight-battle-photo-spd/

    • Westman says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 2:26 pm

      This could work out to have some benefits such as preventing the rise of another ISIS. China might be forced to take on Sunni terrorist groups to protect its one road one belt initiative investments(BDI). China may discover, soon, that Muslim religious leaders are bad business partners.

    • Fred says

      Jul 15, 2020 at 9:25 am

      They’re persecuting Sunni Muslims not the Shi’ite Muslims who are Iranian & aligned with Syria 🇸🇾 Hezbollah & Hamas

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 15, 2020 at 9:34 pm

        Actually, China is cracking down on Shia Tajiks, just like the rest of its Muslims.

  4. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    The agreement also puts Iran at the head of the line for early access to any new viruses Chinese scientist bioengineer.

  5. J Morgan says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 12:14 pm

    This deal was made while Hussein Obama was the president.

  6. Claudius says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 12:27 pm

    Brilliant. Let the Chinese Dragon eat the Muslim world. Expect millions of Chinese to settle in Iran as “contractors” and “advisors”. The Chinese know exactly what to do with Muslims. Once you embrace the Dragon he never lets go.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 14, 2020 at 12:36 pm

      Yes, take over of everything. Communist China wants the oil.

  7. James Lincoln says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    Let’s see, how many years has the mainstream media and telling us that our biggest outside threat was Russia?

  8. tgusa says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    Iran certainly has enough room for the market to landfill cheap Chinese goods trade.

  9. tim gallagher says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    I immediately reacted to this report, as others did, by thinking, what, China is killing off its Muslims and here is Iran forging an alliance with China. It seems a bizarre and very cynical decision, that’s for sure. Strange bedfellows, though both are evil regimes. As long as these evil regimes don’t win in the end, I’d say that they deserve one another. China will be trying to find a way to tangle Iran in debt and will try to own Iran. That’s what China always seems to do as it looks for world domination.

    • Fred says

      Jul 15, 2020 at 9:31 am

      China 🇨🇳 is persecuting Sunni Muslims who are aligned with Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 et al not the Shi’ite Muslims who are aligned with Iran 🇮🇷 Syria 🇸🇾 Hezbollah & Hamas

      • tim gallagher says

        Jul 15, 2020 at 6:40 pm

        Thanks for the information, Fred. Those Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims certainly do loathe one another. When they are tearing into one another, at least they aren’t concentrating quite as much on murdering us non-Muslims. I hear that China is buying parts of Africa, and, I’ve also heard that they have entangled some of the small Pacific Island countries in debt, and, as I live in Australia, China is also buying up quite a lot of Australia (farming land, water resources, real estate, etc). It’s bad news as it is such a thuggish regime as its recent crackdown on Hong Kong shows.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 15, 2020 at 9:35 pm

        China is also cracking down on Shia Muslims–it just has more Sunnis.

        • tim gallagher says

          Jul 16, 2020 at 12:20 am

          Thanks for the information, gravenimage. I loathe islam and I loathe the Chinese regime. I have heard many commentators here in Australia, conservative commentators, and they are appalled by the way the Chinese regime is persecuting the Muslims there, but I personally find it hard to care about that. I believe that Christians are persecuted in China, which angers me, but I feel that Muslims always treat non-Muslims badly and carry out terrorist attacks, so I really do find it hard to fire up about the disgusting, thuggish China regime persecuting Muslims. People got angry about the Burmese throwing out the Muslims there, but, again, I thought that Burma had probably had enough of the usual terrible behaviour of the Muslims, and throwing them out made sense to me. I just can’t feel sympathy for Muslims because, whenever they get power, they treat non-Muslims appallingly. What goes around, comes around. I must be hard-hearted, at least when it comes to Islam

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 16, 2020 at 12:29 am

          I understand how you feel, Tim. Muslims have targeted both Burmese and Chinese Infidels. I am no fan of the Communist Chinese, but they don’t deserve Jihad terror, either.

        • tim gallagher says

          Jul 16, 2020 at 6:07 pm

          Yes, gravenimage. I have listened to quite a few of the conservative commentators here in Australia (and , of course, I don’t expect to agree with them or anyone all the time) and they have criticised the disgusting, repressive Chinese regime for treating the Muslims badly, and I think also for the Burmese kicking their Muslims out, but it doesn’t resonate with me. I guess I think that we all need to get tough with islam, western countries are too nice and soft although just keeping Islam out is the way to go, so I couldn’t care if a regime, as disgusting as that Chinese regime is, gets stuck into its Muslim troublemakers.

  10. gravenimage says

    Jul 14, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    Communist China and Islamic Republic of Iran draft trade and military partnership
    …………….

    Axis of unfree nations…

  11. Charles Lavin says

    Jul 15, 2020 at 4:01 am

    What most are missing …if this marriage of convenience is set , China has a rabid wolf to set upon whomsoever they please , with plausible deniability …Islamic rep gets a major backer in arms , nuclear capacity ,and more ….China achieves an attack dog by remote control …
    Why do you think all these able bodied “refugees ” are moving to western climes ( Europe , UK , Scandinavian north , Canada , USA , Oz ,NZ , efrika and more ????
    The dark agenda is dark ,so that we ,wearing our rose tinted glasses , may as well be blind ….
    Caveat emptor ___BEWARE

  12. janwog says

    Jul 15, 2020 at 10:00 am

    CCP and Islamism are the two faces of the same coin of the Satanic cult.

  13. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jul 15, 2020 at 10:36 am

    One leader wants to wipe out all religion and the other leader wants to cut off the heads of all those who don’t submit to his religion. They smile while they shake hands with each other but secretly wish each other dead. Yeah, I really admire these guys. They are leaders alright – the world’s leading hypocrites.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 15, 2020 at 9:36 pm

      They are just each hoping to use the other, CogitoErgoSum.

  14. Walter Sieruk says

    Jul 15, 2020 at 11:19 am

    This photograph of that mullah President of Islamic Iran joining hands with the Communist President of Red China is reminder that the Bible informs in reader “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not go unpunished.” Proverbs 11:21. [K.J.V.]

  15. OLD GUY says

    Jul 15, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Not much of a surprise China’s communist leadership will join forces with anyone who supports the destruction of the U.S. and the free world. China wants to dominate the world market and military forces around the world.

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